Travel domain sells for $50,000 to lead Go Daddy sales last month. Go Daddy Auctions is reporting 32,767 domain names sold in December. The top sale was VisitSanFrancisco.com, a domain sold by Marchex. The $50,000 purchase was made by San Francisco ... Continue Reading6 Comments
Marchex defends EuroBaby.com against Irish company
· Policy & LawCompany can keep domain acquired with UltSearch portfolio, panel rules. Marchex has successfully defended the domain name EuroBaby.com in a URDP proceeding brought by an Irish company. Eurocycles & Eurobaby and Eurotrek Group Limited of Dublin, ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Marchex end user sales report, part 3
· Domain SalesA belated look at more of Marchex' end user domain sales. Last month I created a three part series about Marchex' end user domain sales. I was on the road in NYC and scheduled the third part to publish on November 7. But, as WordPress often does, it ... Continue Reading6 Comments
Marchex posts domain jobs: domain sales, inventory analyst
· UncategorizedMarchex is hiring domain people. Marchex is spinning off its domain name business into Archeo and is looking for a few good domain name experts to help it grow the business. Currently I see two domain name-specific positions listed on Marchex' job ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Marchex end user sales, part one
· Domain Sales20 big end user domain sales courtesy of Marchex. Marchex' release of a list of its top 500 domain names sales of all time last week gave data junkies like me fresh data to sort through. I do a weekly end user sales report, and I thought it would be ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Interview: Marchex CEO Russell Horowitz on Archeo
· UncategorizedMarchex will finally focus on its domain name business. Yesterday Marchex announced it was splitting the company in two, forming a new domain-centric business called Archeo. Archeo will manage a portfolio of over 200,000 domain names, many of which ... Continue Reading7 Comments
Marchex’ top 500 domain sales of all time
· Domain SalesMarchex releases a sales data treasure trove. With Marchex' announcement today that it is spinning off its domain business into Archeo, the company released a treasure trove of data about its domain operations. The biggie: a list of its top 500 ... Continue Reading12 Comments
So like I was saying…Marchex splits in two, forms Archeo
· UncategorizedFinally, Marchex is getting serious about its vast domain name portfolio. On Tuesday I wrote about how Marchex had filed a trademark application for Archeo, and wondered if it was a rebranding. It is...sort of. Marchex announced today that it is ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Marchex readies Archeo, but what is it?
· UncategorizedCompany files trademark application with broad description. Last week Marchex filed an intent-to-use trademark application for "Archeo". The field of use is so broad that it's hard to pin down exactly what it's for. The company has shifted its ... Continue Reading4 Comments
Marchex sells record $3.3 million in domains on Q2
· UncategorizedNot much else to smile about in its quarterly report. Marchex just released earnings for its second quarter. Most notable to the domain name industry is that the company had a record quarter for domain name sales -- $3.3 million. There's no ... Continue Reading3 Comments